Recreation refers to activities done for enjoyment during leisure time. Active recreation involves structured activities requiring facilities or equipment, while passive recreation uses natural spaces without special amenities. Recreational activities provide benefits like stress relief, self-esteem, and overall well-being. Proper exercise includes all major muscle groups, the core, warm-ups, cool-downs, and controlled movements with light to moderate resistance.

3. RECREATION
Recreation – something people do to relax or
have fun. These are activities done for
enjoyment purposes.

4. ACTIVE RECREATION
Active Recreation - refers to the structured
individual or team activity that requires the use
of special facilities, courses, fields, or
equipment.

5. PASSIVE RECREATION
Passive Recreation - activities that do not
require prepared facilities like sports field or
pavilions.

8. FITNESS
• It is the condition of being physically fit
and healthy.
• It is a universal concern.

9. WEIGHT LOSS STRATEGIES
1. Make a commitment to change
2. Incorporate exercise into a program
3 . Eat slowly and at the table
4. Cut unnecessary items from your diet
5. Do not serve more food than you should eat
6. Think positive

10. DEFINITTION OF LEISURE,
PLAY AND RECREATION
1. Leisure - is a set of activities that people engage
in during free time.
2. Play - is an imaginative, intrinsically motivated,
non-serious, freely chosen and actively engaging
activity.
3. Recreation - is an activity that people engage in
during their free time, that people enjoy, and that
people recognize as having socially redeeming
values and generates a general sense of well-being.

11. 4 CATEGORIES OF
RECREATION

12. BENEFITS OF
RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
1. Enhances personal growth
2. Helps build self-esteem and confidence
3. Reduces tension and anxiety
4. Encourages spiritual renewal and personal growth
5. Increases mental relaxation
6. Generates a general sense of well-being
7. Teaches positive conflict resolution skills
8. Provides alternatives to self-destructive behaviors

14. An eating disorder characterized by self-
imposed starvation to lose and maintain
very low body weight due to a
false/distorted perception of being fat

15. An eating disorder characterized by a
pattern of binge-eating and purging in an
attempt to lose weight and/or maintain
low body weight

16. An eating disorder characterized by
uncontrollable episodes of eating
excessive amounts of food within a
relatively short time

17. The consumption of large quantities
of food to suppress negative
emotions

18. FITT Principle

19. It refers to HOW OFTEN you involve
yourself in regular physical activity or
exercise.

20. It refers to HOW HARD you should
exercise or the level of difficulty of your
physical activity.

21. It refers to HOW LONG you should
engage in a specific physical activity

22. It refers to WHAT KIND of exercise or
physical activity you should engage in.

23. 1. Select exercises that will involve all major
muscle groups: chest, shoulders, back, legs,
arms, hip and trunk
2. Select exercises that will strengthen the core.
Use controlled movements and start with the
light-to moderate resistance
3. Never lift weights alone. Always have someone
work out with you in case you need a spotter or
help with an injury.
4. Warp-up properly before performing to light-to
moderate intensity aerobic activity (5 to 7
minutes) and some gentle stretches for a few
minutes

24. 5. Maintain proper body balance that
involves good posture, a stable body
position and correct posture in sitting,
lying and other exercise positions
6. Breath naturally. Inhale during the
eccentric phase (bringing the weight
down) and exhale during the concentric
phase (lifting or pushing the weight up.)
7. At the end of each strength-training
workout, stretch out for a few minutes to
help your muscles return to their normal
resting length and to minimize muscle
soreness and risk of injury